Mission # 177

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date	11 August 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations	Show Operations Three missions are flown today (numbers in parentheses indicate number of bombers attacking the target). > Mission 541: 660 bombers and 300+ fighters are dispatched to attack 13 marshalling yards, fuel dumps, airfields, and targets of opportunity, in NE France and the Paris area; 4 bombers are lost: > Air Task Force 1. 157 B-17s are dispatched to attack Belfort (76) and Mulhouse (76) marshalling yards and 1 B-17 hit a target of opportunity; 16 B-17s are damaged. >> Air Task Force 2. Of 141 B-24s, 47 hit Coulommiers Airfield, 36 hit Pacy-sur-Armançon and 34 hit St Florentin; 5 B-24s are damaged. >> Air Task Force 3. 76 of 77 B-17s hit Villacoublay aircraft depot; 1 B-17 is lost and 17 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 9 MIA. >> Air Task Force 4. 45 of 65 B-24s dispatched hit Toussus-le-Noble Airfield; 9 others hit Orleans/Saran Airfield; 1 B-24 is damaged. >> Air Task Force 5. Of 220 B-24s, 66 hit Strasbourg fuel dump; marshalling yards at Strasbourg (65) and Saarbrucken (60); Nivelles Airfield (10) and 1 hits a target of opportunity; 3 B-24s are lost and 112 damaged; 7 airman are KIA, 7 WIA and 19 MIA. > Mission 542: 275 of 294 B-17s attack 23 arsenal areas, barracks, concrete emplacements and heavy artillery posts in and around Brest, France; 1 B-17 is lost and 37 damaged. > Mission 541 and 542 are escorted by 356 P-38s and P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost and 1 damaged beyond repair; 1 pilot is WIA and 1 MIA. > Mission 543: 1 of 2 B-17s flies a Micro H test against La Chênaie rail bridge. Escort is provided by 7 of 8 P-47s. > Mission 544: 6 of 6 B-17s drop leaflets in Franc during the night. > 165 of 180 P-47s fly a fighter sweep of the Paris area; they claim 3-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air and 2-0-0 on the ground. > 28 of 31 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions in France. Source: Jack McKillop, Rutgers University, used with permission. Hide Operations
384^th Bomb Group Mission	384th BG Mission Number 177, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 541 More Troop Support Next Mission Previous Mission The 384th Bombardment Group (H) provided all three groups of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing on today's mission. Little opposition and good weather conditions permitted each group formation to bomb their assigned targets in the Brest area accurately. Note that each group was assigned a different aiming point for this mission.
Primary Target	Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France
Target Attacked (Mode)	Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary	Completed Mission, not including spares - 36 Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 2 Flight Completed - 1 Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused - 4 Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel	Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents	Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗
Other Mission Documents	1944-08-11, High Group Lead, R. Vinnedge, H. Peck⇗

44 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft	Pilot	Results	Mission/Sortie Information
42‑31484⇗	Kass, Robert Hiler⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑32106⇗	Johnstone, William Andrew⇗	Completed Mission	Low group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑37788⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑37822⇗	Buslee, John Oliver⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑39888⇗	Carnes, Joe Ross⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑40018⇗	Keate, Richard Clifford⇗	Completed Mission	Low group lead. PFF ship provided by the 379th BG, Kimbolton, AAF Station 117. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97142⇗	Pranger, Nicholas Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97150⇗	Hicks, Ralph Benjamin⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97204⇗	Skehan, Joseph Lynne⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Lead group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97251⇗	Tracy, Edward Hanks⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97263⇗	Bennett, John R⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97282⇗	Combs, William Felix⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97309⇗	Pluhar, Emil Edward⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97320⇗	Maggart, Richard Lee⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97510⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97557⇗	Koch, Robert Bruce⇗	Completed Mission	Wing lead. PFF ship provided by the 303rd BG, Molesworth, AAF Station 107. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑97960⇗	[N/A]	Lead Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑97986⇗	Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗	Completed Mission	High group lead. PFF ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑98000⇗	Murchan, Lawrence Aloysius⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102430⇗	[N/A]	Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused
42‑102459⇗	Shwery, Arthur John⇗	Completed Mission	High section deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102500⇗	Hepler, Wilbur David⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102501⇗	Clements, Ben Hill⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, high group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102518⇗	Brodie, James Joseph⇗	Spare, Completed Mission	Low group flying spare; joined formation. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102601⇗	Hassing, Eugene Theron⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102620⇗	Henderson, William Vincent⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑102661⇗	Hughes, Robert Davis⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107057⇗	Hanlon, Ernest Edward⇗	Completed Mission	High group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107058⇗	Plowman, Noel Elwin⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off.	High group flying spare. Turned back because he couldn't locate formation. A contributing factor was a broken radiocompass antenna. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
42‑107121⇗	Davis, L K (IO)⇗	Completed Mission	High group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37713⇗	Mead, Frank Willard⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37717⇗	Hunt, John Hardy⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37822⇗	Seidlein, George Harold⇗	Completed Mission	High section lead, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37843⇗	Rainey, Harry Wesley⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37917⇗	Kinnaird, William Robert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑37990⇗	Parker, George Frederick⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron lead, lead group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
43‑38016⇗	Durdin, Larkin Clayton⇗	Flight Completed	Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6080⇗	Goodrick, Gene Robert⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6105⇗	Brown, Bert Oliver⇗	Completed Mission	Lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6109⇗	McDaniel, Clifford Franklin⇗	Completed Mission	Low Squadron deputy, low group. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6135⇗	Hulcher, Donald Lawrence ⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6149⇗	Mock, John Montague⇗	Completed Mission	SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑6294⇗	Herzog, John Henry⇗	Completed Mission	Low group deputy and hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗
44‑8011⇗	Bahten, John Irwin⇗	Completed Mission	Wing deputy and lead group hot camera ship. SORTIE REPORT ⇗